Reflective viewing and a sobering note of what we don't see today:


The history of science on tv... what do you want to watch?


Really? Has the fake reality of 'reality TV' replaced science to stupify us all?...


All in our only one world...
Martin

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If you take a look at the numbers on, who and how they watch TV, it might give a clue.

Only my generation and older still watch TV, by any means, in the same numbers (2018 - 340min/day) as in 2010, all other age groups it is declining. The average of all age groups fell about 10% from 2010 till 2018 (2018 - 200 min/day).

In 2010 the 25 to 35 age group watched about 80% live TV and 20 in other ways. That has reversed and now that group only watches 40% live TV and 60% on Youtube or SVoD (Subscription Video on Demand). Under 16's watch almost exclusively watch Youtube or similar (2018 - 80 min/day).

Therefore one asks who is going to pay for it, the TV channels income must be falling and they will have to continue producing the material their watchers are watching, soaps and reality TV.

So if you want new documentaries incl science then you will have to pay for it or hope Trump doesn't stop Federal support for PBS, as he has promised to. PBS make the Nova programs,

In the UK we are going to have to work out who pays the BBC, as by the recent moves to stop TV license prosecutions, they must be admitting the funds you pay make the BBC a subscription channel. And knowing the BBC is an artsy *artsy organisation, you might find the Hard science programs disappearing altogether. That assumes you can find any now https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/science-and-nature/featured